Professional Home Organizer Offers Tips at LY Library
This past week, the weekly women’s discussion group at the Levi Yitzchak Library hosted Crown Heights professional organizer and owner of Home Refined Shayna Cohen.
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Video: Behind the Scenes with 8th Day
Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of the The Rebbe’s Nigunim vol. 1 with 8th Day. The film is due to be released later this month.
Young Women Learn “13 Secrets of Successful Dating”
Over the weekend of Chof Beis Shvat a Kinus for young women ran parallel to the Kinus Hashluchos with programming specific for still unmarried young women. One of the highlight sessions was given by Rabbi Shea Hecht titled “13 Secrets of Successful Dating” in dealing with today’s Shidduch crisis.
Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD
Prosecutor: Murdered Rabbi’s DNA Inside Getaway SUV
Prosecutors fighting to keep the accused murderer of Rabbi Yosef Raksin, Deandre “Big Boy” Charles, behind bars before the trial begins, argued during a bond hearing Wednesday that they found the rabbi’s DNA inside a getaway vehicle they linked to the crime scene.
Chabad Rabbi Banned from Hebrew-Language Academy
Walking up to the guard booth at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Ulpan Etzion, a venerable Hebrew-teaching facility, Rabbi David Sterne informed the guard that he had been invited by a group of students to deliver a Torah lesson – only to be told that orders from above prohibited him from setting foot there.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Rochel Baum, 77, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Rochel Baum OBM a resident of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. She was 77 years old.
Two 13-Year-Old Palestinian Girls Stab Police Officer
Israeli police said two 13-year-old girls from Israel’s Arab minority stabbed and lightly wounded a security guard in a town near Tel Aviv on Thursday and were arrested.
Twin Girls!
Avremy and Shifra (nee Rockford) Chein (Bal Harbor, FL)
Avarahm Fried Responds to Fan’s Heartfelt Letter
A fan of Avraham Fried’s music, who describes himself as no-longer religious, wrote a heartfelt letter to the Chasidic singing star describing how his music still brings meaning to his life, and that he cannot bring himself to play his CDs on Shabbos. Avraham Fried responded by revealing who was behind the now-ubiquitous message on all his albums “please do not play on Shabbos and Yom Tov.”
Video: Alaska Shliach Opens U.S. Senate Session
The head Shliach to Alaska, Rabbi Yosef Greenberg, delivered an invocation to open a session of the United States Senate in Washington, DC, upon the invitation of Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Here’s My Story: Honoring Loved Ones
Rabbi Rafael Grossman spent most of career in the rabbinate as the head of Baron Hirsch Synagogue in Memphis, Tennessee, where he led the largest Orthodox congregation in the United States. He is presently Senior Rabbi Emeritus. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in January of 2012.
Anti-Israel Activists Distribute Fake Edition of NY Times
A group of pro-Palestinian sympathizers fanned out across New York City yesterday and distributed thousands of parodied copies of The New York Times bearing headlines and stories that contradict what they claim to be the newspaper’s pro-Israel bias in its coverage of the Middle East conflict.
Crown Heights Man Slashes Another on No. 3 Train
There’s been another slashing on a New York City subway, and terrified riders are calling for protection. This, as Police Commissioner Bill Bratton insists the subways are safe.
Mailman Robbed; Suspect Chased Down by Shomrim
At around 2:00pm today, Wednesday, a USPS mailman was robbed on Carroll Street between Schenectady and Utica Avenues. The perpetrator waited for the mailman to walk up to a door, then grabbed two Amazon packages from his cart and ran off.
Baby Boy!
Avremi and Dina (nee Feiglin) White (Melbourne, Australia)
Shliach Personally Invites Bibi to Nepal
Rabbi Chezki and Chani Lifshitz, co-directors of Chabad in Nepal, just spent some time in a completely different venue—the Knesset. They were invited there as official guests of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Hotovely, who wanted to formally recognize the couple for their efforts on behalf of the thousands of young Israelis who travel each year to Nepal to hike and explore.
New Engagement!
Eli Oster (Crown Heights) and Sheina (bas Yonah) Avtzon (Crown Heights)
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